Just got a call from a large entertainment company that has Assets in a Datacenter that they want to move to AWS. Sounds like a fun project.
Powerline networking is awesome until it doesn’t work.
What is Powerline networking? Basically, you get a wall plug module that you plug in to an electrical outlet, and it has an ethernet network jack you plug in to a free port on your Internet router/gateway. This then lets you plug in another module in any other electrical outlet and extend your network. The main use is to connect more WiFi access points to extend WiFi coverage across a property. I have been doing this successfully at multiple installations until now – it appears that the building I want to connect to is on a different electrical phase and there isn’t a simple way to bridge it. So, we pivot. We have been using the Ubiquiti UniFi controller-managed wireless access points, they now have mesh networking access points that can extend a wireless network into new places one $99 access point at a time and automatically self-configure after they are adopted into your existing UniFi network. Stay tuned for more…